Invoker training

Invoker training

Hey guys,
As most of you should know Invoker got released for Dota 2 yesterday, and i am really eager to learn more about him. I am playing him in bot matches at the moment (don't want to be flamed in pubs for being bad) and i thought if any of you guys who have any experience with Invoker could go a match or 2 with me versus bots and give me some advice on how to play him. My steam username is mrdeath12345, feel free to add me and we can go play some matches together!

Yes i already have memorized all 10 spells for invoker, i am not sure which items to buy and which signs are better at different situations.

Try to do 3 skills combos. For example : EMP + Tornado + Chaos Meteor. Go for Aghanim and the for Mana regen such as Guinzoo, or Eul. When you have maxe up invoke, just random press qwe + r and use the spell, try to synergize them.

dude, memorizing the spells, and having fast figers are the first step for playing a good invoker
i cant tell u how to play him, i guess u need to watck some replays of some invoker player, and see how they handl him.

Let me tell you my own way of playing him as an example
I start with quas or wex,wex for emp and quas for regen
Then I take the other 2 orbs,quas first if I didn't get it on level 1, 4hp regen is big
proceed taking everyting to level 4
when you have reached 4-4-4 start raising your skills,you can go 5-5-5 or each one individualy,I usually start with exort then wex then quas

Item guide:
Usually,my build goes like:Magic wand>2 bracers>Eul's scepter>boots of speed>aghanim's>heart>boots of travel
Eul's gives great regen,which you need so if you don't plan to get guinshoo take it
the bracers fortify your small health pool
unupgraded boots usually do very well for me,you have wex and eul's for the speed you need,so unless you need more movement speed imediately don't upgrade them,else go for phase boots
Heart is the solution to your fragility
aghanim's is a no brainer,2 sec cooldown rocks

Spell guide:
what is that? 5 guys are attacking your tower,how you react?
Meteor>deafening blast>tornado/emp/icewall
meteor first,as deafening blast usually spreads your opponents far from eachother
then deafening blast,it's a great disable
then unload your aoe spells,if there is anyone alive that is
if anyone survived and is running use cold snap + forge spirits/ice wall/tornado/alacrity to finish them off

if you are being hammered invoke a quick ghost walk,you can use eul's on yourself then shift queue the reagents and have ghost walk ready by the time it finishes,or you can use deafening blast/ice wall/tornado as a quick disable and then ghostwalk

best advice is just go quas and wex with one exort early and just play support get the hang of it and make mainly aghanims jango and phase. and learn. I been doing that and i must say getting wayy better

All the chinese invokers used a script whereby 1 button press = an invoked spell. Seems unfair (and it is). Such scripts also exist for Dota 2, but you can expect punishment from Valve if they have any sense and ban macros.

All the chinese invokers used a script whereby 1 button press = an invoked spell. Seems unfair (and it is). Such scripts also exist for Dota 2, but you can expect punishment from Valve if they have any sense and ban macros.

they wont ban that. I use one butting to grab items from stash, activate haste, and send items to me for courier without selecting the courier.

Ok, this may sound a bit strange, but you can also go for a fuckingspeedcritvoker. Kinda casting, ranged motred. It's quite easy: skill quas on lv1 and let it lv1, then max up invoke, wex (first) and exort (second), get buriza and invoke alacrity and you'll have over 1000 crit at lv25 with this buff. Due to the low cooldown and manacost, you can run around on alacrity half of the time, dealing hard crits with a damn epic attack speed.
AND you got your spells, means your a critDps-caster-hybrid. Same rules as for Motred, try not getting targetet and stay in back. Let your teammates tank for you, whilst you crit down all enemys in 5 seconds and those who run away will be finished by chaos meteor.

Heal yourself a bit up with 3x quas if necessary, for fights use 3x wex.
When you got buriza + mjollnir, go for 3x exort in late game.
Why exort? By skilling this up, you boost your int -> more dmg and mana.
You can try to find out the best exort-wex combo for critting.

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Never got an ultrakill so fast, over 1000 crit output with 3x Exort.
Less crit dmg, but faster crits over time with 3x Wex.
This actually makes Invoker to a flexible critter, which is kinda unique.